People · United States
Thomas Pham
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PHAM02
Thomas Pham has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.76, set at Vanderbilt Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 680th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2023, he has put 185 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.22 in April 2023 to 6.76, an 18% improvement. Thomas has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.76 | 7.77 | top 1.1% | 680 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.24 | top 9.1% | 3,585 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 47.02 | 50.93 | top 20.8% | 3,166 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.03 | 11.72 | top 28.1% | 7,743 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.98 | 26.39 | top 28.7% | 3,708 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 28.84 | 39.94 | top 47.2% | 3,077 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:27.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,851 / 2,092 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: South Jersey Speedsolving 2023. A 9.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Solving at Sycamore TN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Katie Hull — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Samuel Simpson — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Isaiah Garrison — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.